(This is an entry from the journal entitled Mexico Summer written by Elizabeth Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago.  Click here to read more)

At 4 there was a faculty barbecue at the Fair Grounds.  We were entertained by the Board.  The band gave us a concert.  At night we surprised Bernard by going out. Twas his birthday – Velma, Dwight, Bess, Prentess, Alyce Claire and I went out. Pete and Velma couldn’t, Wilma is visiting Velma.

Here’s what else was happening 80-years-ago today:

It’s Hitler’s Birthday.

The Gallup Riot caught on film.

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